Re-Alignment; Object Catalogs; Selecting An Object; For Planets - Celestron LCM Serie Manual De Instrucciones

RE-ALIGNMENT

The LCM has a re-alignment feature which allows you to replace either of the original alignment stars with a new star or celestial object
This can be useful in several situations:
• If you are observing over a period of a few hours, you may notice that your original two alignment stars have drifted towards the west
considerably (Remember that the stars are moving at a rate of 15 degrees of arc every hour) Aligning on a new star that is in the eastern
part of the sky will improve your pointing accuracy, especially on objects in that part of the sky
• If you have aligned your telescope using the One-star align method, you can use re-align to an additional object in the sky This will
improve the pointing accuracy of your telescope without having to re-enter additional information
To replace an existing alignment star with a new alignment star:
1 . Select the desired star (or object) from the database and slew to it
2 . Carefully center the object in the eyepiece
3 . Once centered, press the UNDO button until you are at the main menu
4 . With "LCM Ready" displayed, press the ALIGN key on the hand control
5 . The display will then ask you which alignment star you want to replace
6 . Use the UP and Down scroll keys to select the alignment star to be replaced, and press ENTER It is usually best to replace the star
closest to the new object This will space out your alignment stars across the sky If you have used one of the single object alignment
methods then it is always best to replace the object that is "unassigned" with an actual object
7 . Press ALIGN to make the change

OBJECT CATALOGS

SELECTING AN OBJECT

Now that the telescope is properly aligned, you can choose an object from any of the catalogs in the LCM's database The hand control
has a key designated for each of the catalogs in its database

FOR PLANETS

1 . Press the SOLAR SYSTEM button (Keypad #1)
2 . Use the up and down SCROLL buttons (Keypad #6 or #9, not the up and down directional buttons) to scroll through the list of solar system
objects until the one you want is displayed on the screen
3 . Press ENTER and the scope will slew to the object

FOR STARS

1 . Press the STARS button (Keypad #2)
2 . Use the up and down SCROLL buttons (Keypad #6 or #9, not the up and down directional buttons) to scroll through the list of categories
that contains the object you want to see and press ENTER For stars, you have the choice of Named Stars, SAO catalog, Variable Stars,
Asterisms, Constellations, and Double Stars
3 . Use the up and down SCROLL buttons to select the object you want to see and press ENTER The scope will slew to the object
4 . For the SAO catalog, you are only required to enter the first four digits of the object's six digit SAO number Once the first four digits are
entered, the hand control will automatically list all the available SAO objects beginning with those numbers Use the scroll buttons to
navigate the list of available SAO objects using this prefix and select the desired object by pressing ENTER
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